Improved washing-machine



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Letters Patent No. 101,335, dated Mtl/rch 29, 1870.

IMPROVED p WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o the same.

:ments in Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The nature and'objectsjof the-invention relate to a dasher or plunger constructed with valves to lift the clothes by suction, and, in plunging, force the clothes through the suds and allow the water to pass with slight resistance through the plunger, over the clothes.

In the drawings- Y Figure 1 is the machine in perspective.

Figure 2 `is the stem of the plunger, showing a cross-section across the middle of the plunger, the ports and the valves, and one ofthe guard-wires on each side of the stem.

Figure 3 is a view of the upper sidel of' the plunger with its valves'and guards.

Figure 4 is a Hat view of theports with the cross- Wires nthe ports in the plunger; and

Figure 5 is the plunger with the valves over the ports.v

The box, in fig. 1, for common size is about two feet deep and twelve or fourteeninches square the lid is put in a little down from the upper edge of the box, and isin two parts, a and l1.

The lever c, with itsfnlcrum supported by suitableA movement at the joining'.

The plunger e is of octagonal or circular form,leav

ing a space between the edge of the plunger and the sides of the box oi' an inch, more or less, as may be preferred.

In the plunger are four port holes f that are covered on the upper side by the valves g, the ports have wires across them to keep theclothes from being drawn into them, and wires (h, iig. 3,) pass from the stein dover the ports to allow free motion to, the valves, keeping the clothes from obstructing them.'

. I do not confine myself either to size or number of ports in the dasher or plunger.

The plunger is released from the lever cy by disconnect-ion oi" the ste-m ll and removed from the box; the clothes and hot suds are then put inthe box and the plunger set ,upon them, connecting the stem with the lever; a slight vibration of the lever up and down,q increased as thc clothes encircle the plunger, the suction upon lifting and the sudden forcing downward change the position of the clothes continually,'and the motion in thewater removes the dirt with great ease to the operator.

What I claim as my improvement is The combination oi' the box, (iig. 1,) lever, c, p1unger rod d, plunger e, wire guardsfh, ports f, and valves (1, all constructed, combined, and arranged in the manner described for the purpose specified.

GALEB WILLIAMS.

NVitnesses:

W. M. GooDiNo, EDWARD CoLLvER. 

